Chapter 2242: Chapter 2242: The Greatest Evil in This World
In the sky, a suppressive aura gradually descended, becoming more and more intense.
Du You knew that the world consciousness had noticed something was wrong. After all, his power and the power of the world consciousness were fundamentally incompatible, as their origins were completely different.
That wasn’t even the main issue. The most crucial point was that his power’s aura differed from the world laws, resulting in his formidable strength offering no aid to the world consciousness. Instead, it clashed with the existing laws.
Originally, the world consciousness nurtured strong beings to evolve and perfect its own laws. However, once conflict arose, it became a significant malignancy for the world consciousness. The stronger Du You’s power grew, the greater the damage he caused.
For this reason, the world consciousness felt peculiar and gradually concentrated its attention on him.
But Du You was not idle. Just before he began his fusion, early in the morning, synchronized speeches commenced across the world.
The city lords and upper classes of major cities came forward, addressing all the people in the world. Such events were not unusual, but this time, the content of their speeches was different.
"Our world has been controlled by a powerful entity all along. We are mere puppets in its hands. You’re familiar with world consciousness, right? It’s been manipulating us, keeping us as lambs in a cage, doing whatever it wants with us. We have never had freedom."
That’s right, this time Du You directly confronted the world consciousness. People everywhere, regardless of what they were doing, heard these speeches immediately, as all other information was completely overshadowed.
At this point, even wanting to look at something else was impossible, and everyone realized that something was wrong.
"What are they trying to do? Have they gone mad, daring to speak ill of the world consciousness?"
"While I don’t deny their viewpoint, without the world consciousness, we wouldn’t be able to progress. That’s a benefit too, isn’t it?" Some people weren’t bothered by the control of the world consciousness, after all, they’d lived this way for years.
Controlled since birth, they had long become accustomed and unfazed.
However, at this moment, a revelation was unveiled from above. "You must be curious why those tier-nine powerhouses never appear, right?" Now, this piqued the curiosity of many people.
They were extremely intrigued by this because tier-eight powerhouses were visible, especially during this period.
Yet, tier-nine, they had never seen any, only recently hearing that some tier-nine worlds were opening. Besides Du You and others, they hadn’t seen any previous tier-nine powerhouses. This had been an unsolved mystery.
"Let me tell you, those tier-nine powerhouses have all become complete puppets of the world consciousness. No matter who they are, if they dare break through to tier-nine, they are instantly controlled, losing all self-awareness."
The faces of those below drastically changed. Could this truly be the true nature of the world consciousness?
Then, examples were given from above, with past evidence presented, leaving no room for refutation.
"To the world consciousness, we are like unripe fruit. Once we reach tier-nine, we are ripe. And what happens to ripe fruit, I trust you all know. As long as we are under the control of the world consciousness for a day, we will never escape its destruction. Hence, we must resist."
"But the world consciousness is so powerful, how can we possibly resist?" someone suddenly shouted loudly.
The person above nodded slightly, "That’s right, it used to be impossible, but now things are different. Many of you have heard that our current tier-nines have independent consciousness. This is the result of our research."
"Our strong ones can control themselves and confront world consciousness. We have also dealt with the previous tier-nine puppets. For a free sky and a better future, we must resist."
Seeing the lack of enthusiasm below, the speaker on stage continued, "Without the world consciousness absorbing our power, our growth rate will accelerate. Moreover, we won’t need to fear any punishment from the world consciousness. Those Outer Worlds, we can travel freely and turn them into worlds under our control."
At this, the people below cheered, and all sorts of debates erupted.
They were unaware of the true nature of Outer Worlds, assuming they were genuine worlds.
As for whether the world consciousness absorbed their power, they didn’t really know, but a little guidance was all it took.
The public began frantically discussing, and under Du You’s guidance, everyone gradually developed hostility and hatred towards the world consciousness, which was precisely what Du You needed.
In their minds, the world consciousness became the greatest demon of this world, and the collective consciousness of all living beings had a direct impact on the world consciousness. When this consciousness converges, the influence is not insignificant.
Now, the damaged world consciousness fell into self-doubt, not too severe, but still affected.
This impact made the world consciousness’s perception of all matters slower, resulting in Du You and the two sisters completing the fusion of the heart of laws without the world consciousness even realizing it.
It was only when Du You and the two sisters fully released their powers that the disharmonious clash of laws finally alarmed the world consciousness. The terrifying pressure grew more intense and suppressive.
Although this pressure targeted Du You, its range encompassed the entire world, affecting everyone. Even those in the Outer Worlds experienced the same situation now.
Once those people were suppressed, they immediately knew this was the work of the world consciousness.
"See, world consciousness is suppressing us now because we’ve struck a nerve."
The people delivering speeches above continued to shout, intensifying the resentment towards the world consciousness among the masses. This shock continued to influence the world consciousness, diminishing its power.
This wasn’t a weakening of essence, but the world consciousness’s ability to wield its power began encountering issues. With its own power rebelling, it wasn’t a trivial matter. However, in this situation, the world consciousness didn’t know what to do.
Though it always had thought processes, they were relatively simple, and it never learned about human nature or sociology. Facing such circumstances, it had only one approach - selecting severe areas to directly enact punishment, executing people on the spot.
